10 Ways to Get Your Kids to Enjoy Your Music Too

Whether your favorite song is Meghan Trainor’s, “All About That Bass” or Neil Diamond’s, “Forever In Blue Jeans”, chances are, your kids are going to hate it. At least at our house, anyway. I’m speaking from personal experience here. It seems any song I really dig, my kids don’t. Not only that, but they protest, loudly, every time the song plays.

If I want to get my groove on, I should have the right. There has to be perks to being the mom.

10 Surefire Ways to Convince the Kids That Your Music Is Not That Bad

For the love … at least allow my music without debate. With that in mind, I have developed 10 sure fire ways to convince the kids your favorite song is the bomb diggety. Call it reverse psychology. Or whatever.

Every time the song plays:

Turn it up. Really loud

Sing louder than the music

Add dance moves

Use hand gestures

Play the song again

Hold a fake microphone

Add some air guitar

Play the song while they sleep. Subliminal, people. It’s real

Encourage an impromptu family dance off

Play the song again. The down side to this? By the time your kids catch on to your groovy tune, you will be completely over the song and therefore will need to choose a new song to love.

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Jessica Hoefer-Land

Jessica is a wannabe urban homesteader, living in Portland with a blended family of 4 kids, 3 rescue dogs and 4 chickens named after Starbucks drinks. Described as a Feminist Jedi Master by friends, Jessica was a former pharmacy student but liked baking better than drugs so went to pastry school instead. Jessica is a contributor to BLUNTmoms, Scary Mommy, In The Powder Room and Ten To Twenty Parenting. You can find her spreading 'peace and wisdom' over at her blog, The Dalai Mama

LOL. Great tips. I can’t remember my mother ever really listening to music. But I do know that most of my younger siblings listen to and like the music that I always listened to. I guess I helped ingrain it in them. – Katy

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Jessica is a wannabe urban homesteader, living in Portland with a blended family of 4 kids, 3 rescue dogs and 4 chickens named after Starbucks drinks. Described as a Feminist Jedi Master by friends, Jessica was a former pharmacy student but liked baking better than drugs so went to pastry school instead. Jessica is a contributor to BLUNTmoms, Scary Mommy, In The Powder Room and Ten To Twenty Parenting. You can find her spreading 'peace and wisdom' over at her blog, The Dalai Mama